1 Thessalonians 5:16-23Dear Father, holy God,Help me always to be joyful and to pray continually, giving thanks to you in all circumstances, since this is your will for me in Christ Jesus.May I never put out the Spirit's fire in myself. May I never be contemptuous of the prophetic word and the interpretation of it. But let me test everything I hear. Help me hold on to what is good, and to avoid everything that is evil.May you yourself, Father, make every part of me holy.In the name of your Holy Son, Jesus, who gave us the Spirit, I pray. Amen.Ⓒ 1996-2024 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. Heartlight appreciates Eldon Degge and Meridian Publishing for permission to make this available on our website. Praying with Paul is also available as a book.

1 Thessalonians 5:12-15Dear Father, patient one,Give us hearts that gladly show respect for those who labor among us and who lead us and admonish us in the LORD. Fill us with great esteem and deep love for them because of their work in the LORD. May we always be at peace among ourselves.Keep us from being idle or faint-hearted. May we admonish and encourage those who are. Help us help those who are weak and to be patient with everyone.Let none of us repay evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.In the name of Jesus I ask. Amen.Ⓒ 1996-2024 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. Heartlight appreciates Eldon Degge and Meridian Publishing for permission to make this available on our website. Praying with Paul is also available as a book.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11Dear Father,Grant that we may live as sons of the light and daughters of the day. Grant that we may understand the prophecies of Jesus and his servants regarding the day of the LORD.Help us to stay awake, to be sober, to be ready. Clothe us with the breastplate of faith and love. Protect us with the helmet of salvation!We thank you, Father, that you have not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our LORD Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we wake or sleep, we might live for him.Grant that we may encourage one another and build one another up through these words and through sharing our faith.In the name of Jesus I ask. Amen.Ⓒ 1996-2024 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. Heartlight appreciates Eldon Degge and Meridian Publishing for permission to make this available on our website. Praying with Paul is also available as a book.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18Dear Father, who lifts our spirits,According to your teaching, we look for the LORD himself to descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God.We firmly believe that the dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive, who are left, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the LORD in the air, and so we, they and us, will be with the LORD and with you forever. Guide us to comfort and console one another with these words. Help us remember that our faith is the victory that overcomes the failure, sin, sickness, and death of this world!In the name of our conquering and returning Savior. Amen.Ⓒ 1996-2024 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. Heartlight appreciates Eldon Degge and Meridian Publishing for permission to make this available on our website. Praying with Paul is also available as a book.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-15Dear Father, comforter of the bereaved,On the death of our dear loved ones in Christ, may we comfort one another with thoughts of a glorious reunion.Help us not grieve as those who have no hope. Since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, you will bring with you at your coming those who have fallen asleep.We place our trust in you for ourselves, too, for we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the LORD, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep, but will share in their rapturous blessing.In the name of our conquering and returning Savior. Amen.Ⓒ 1996-2024 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. Heartlight appreciates Eldon Degge and Meridian Publishing for permission to make this available on our website. Praying with Paul is also available as a book.